High Wind in Northern Washoe, Nevada

High Wind November 20, 2009 · Northern Washoe, Nevada

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

There were numerous high wind gust reports with this system. Catnip Mt. had 60 mph at 1144PST, Buffalo Creek recorded 62 mph at 1159PST, Juniper Springs had 59 mph at 1240PST, and Gerlach reported 61 mph at 1314PST.

The wider storm

A fast-moving storm brought widespread strong and damaging winds to western and west-central Nevada on November 20. There was also up to 3 inches of snowfall for portions of far western Nevada.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 200246. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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